寝
Meaning
qǐn qin3
- (bound form) to lie down to sleep or rest
- (bound form) bedroom
- (bound form) imperial tomb
- (literary) to stop; to cease
Example sentences
- It's about time we went to bed.
- Do not drink beer before going to bed.
- I go to bed late at night.
- It's almost time to go to bed.
HSK words with 寝
More words with 寝
- 安寝 ānqǐn to sleep peacefully
- 就寝 jiùqǐn to go to sleep
- 寝具 qǐnjù bedding
- 陵寝 língqǐn tomb (of king or emperor)
- 废寝食 fèiqǐnshí to neglect sleep and food
- 寝食难安 qǐnshínánān lit. cannot rest or eat in peace (idiom)
- 食肉寝皮 shíròuqǐnpí to eat sb's flesh and sleep on their hide (idiom); to swear revenge on sb
- 寿终正寝 shòuzhōngzhèngqǐn to die of old age
- 枕戈寝甲 zhěngēqǐnjiǎ lit. to sleep on one's armor with a spear as a pillow (idiom)
- 寝苫枕块 qǐnshānzhěnkuài bed of straw and pillow of clay (idiom)